Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 234: The Flood Dragon of the Yangtze River Appears, and the Imperial Driver Conquers Himself!
"Captain, if we continue, the city wall will last for a long time."

Glancing at the dilapidated city wall, Pan Ping said in a low voice, although the city wall is indeed very strong, it can't withstand such an explosion.

In the past year or so, the Ming army has attacked fifty times, almost every ten days or so will launch an attack, each time tens of thousands of solid shells hit the city wall, and the city wall is strong enough to Otherwise, it would have collapsed early, but this situation can't last long now.

"Keep going."

Tang Xiangjin said calmly: "I don't believe it anymore, the Ming army is really brave and fearless!"

The casualties of the current Ming army are much heavier than theirs. Even if they go out for a decisive battle in Kaicheng now, they still have a chance of winning. Not much left.

Moreover, he used to be a member of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, and he knew very well about the tricks in the Ming army. Now that the Ming army can hold on, most of the soldiers of the Ming army generals are suppressing it. As long as there are more casualties, When the morale of the Ming army is exhausted, their chances of winning will be even greater.

...

In the camp of the Ming army, Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu looked at the imperial decree on the case, and they were all frowning. Zhu Youjian made another decree to urge them to take Dezhou City as soon as possible.

"Brother Hong, what should we do?"

Chen Qiyu sighed and said, this is the fourth time Zhu Youjian issued an edict to remind him, especially in the past two months, he has issued two imperial edicts in succession.

"There is no more food in the capital."

Hong Chengchou sighed, although the capital stockpiled a lot of food before, but after Daqi blocked the canal, the capital could only rely on sea transportation, and a small part of it was transported by the Yellow River, but now the navy of Daqi blocked the canal. In the Tieshan Waterway, there are far fewer grain transport ships that can break through the blockade and reach the capital.

Although the imperial court has already started to form naval forces in Fujian and Guangdong, it is basically impossible to defeat Daqi's naval forces in a short period of time.

"But with the current morale, it may be very difficult to break through Dezhou City."

Hearing this, Chen Qiyu also sighed: "If the casualties are too heavy, those generals will definitely be dissatisfied."

There is a very bad situation in the Ming army today, that is, the generals only value their own soldiers and cronies, and the first thing they get is to take care of their own soldiers and cronies. Ordinary soldiers don’t even have basic rations. Guarantee, not to mention salary.

Although they also suppressed this situation, they had to rely on these generals and their personal soldiers to fight the war, and neither of them dared to be too harsh on these people, otherwise these people would play tricks on them, and they would all have to sit on the wax, after all It is also impossible for them to go down and lead troops to charge in person.

If a large army attacks the city, these generals will definitely have to lead the troops to charge into battle. Once the casualties are too heavy, these generals will definitely be dissatisfied. You must know that if they are also killed in battle, the pensions of ordinary soldiers will be at most three or five taels of silver, and they will have to be deducted. , but the personal soldiers of these generals are different.

These soldiers are the generals' personal servants, and the family members are raised by the generals. It is precisely this way that those soldiers will die for the generals. Once the soldiers die in battle, the generals will not only pay a lot of compensation, but They have to support their parents, wives and children, so if too many die in battle, the generals will definitely play tricks.

"If you are dissatisfied, you have to fight."

Hearing Chen Qiyu's words, Hong Chengchou shook his head and said, "We haven't taken Dezhou City for so long, His Majesty is already quite dissatisfied, and those people want to take our skin off and keep procrastinating, we just wait for His Majesty to punish us." .”

They have offended many people by impeaching the Ministry of Households for embezzling ink and casting materials before, but now they have not made meritorious deeds. If those people counterattack, they will be finished sooner or later.

Hearing Hong Chengchou's words, Chen Qiyu also fell silent. This is indeed their most important thing now. If they don't win Dezhou City, they have no way to explain to Zhu Youjian. Once those people make trouble again, they can be demoted and resigned All lucky.

.........

Jingzhou Mansion, the Yangtze River waterway.

The sky was dark, with heavy rain falling from the sky, and a flash of lightning pierced the sky from time to time.

On the ferry, Old Man Li and several boatmen gathered in a wooden house. They chatted about the mountains and looked at the boat not far away from time to time. Everyone present relied on the boat for their livelihood. The boat was the way of life for their family. .

"This God's temper is too unpredictable."

Glancing at the pouring rain outside, the old man Li sighed and said, "Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi are so dry that we can't even grow seedlings, but we are going to be flooded here, and God doesn't know how to divide it. Give the common people over there a way of life."

Recently, it has been raining continuously and the river is soaring. They can only eat and live at the ferry. After all, the boat is their only livelihood. If the boat is washed away by the water, they will have no way to survive.

"God doesn't open his eyes, what can we do?"

A boatman answered, "I heard from the yamen that the imperial court is planning to raise taxes again."

"Another tax increase?"

Old man Li frowned. In the past few years, the imperial court has increased taxes a lot. What's more, every time the tax is raised, the people in the yamen will take the opportunity to double the search.

"What it is?"

At this time, another boatman suddenly exclaimed, pointing his finger at a dark river surface.

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look, but in the dim light and the pouring rain, they couldn't see anything at all.

A boatman was dissatisfied and said, "Where is there anything?"

But before the words were finished, there was a sudden "boom" of thunder, and a bright bolt of lightning pierced the sky, illuminating the entire river.

At this time, everyone finally saw clearly that in the middle of the river, a dragon with a body covered with scales and two horns on its head was writhing in the air, but at this time only the front half of the dragon appeared, and the second half seemed to be Ordinary in other worlds.

boom!boom!boom!
At this time, thunder suddenly sounded in the sky, and lightning bolts lashed at Jiaolong's body like a whip of punishment from heaven. For a moment, the scales on Jiaolong's body became scorched black, and the dragon's blood spilled into the river.

Countless fish, shrimps, turtles and turtles rushed towards the dragon's blood, gulping down the river water mixed with the dragon's blood. When the thunder disappeared, the lightning dissipated, and the dragon disappeared.

...

Because the scene of Jiaolong's reappearance was too grand, almost everyone with a radius of tens of miles saw it. In a short time, the news spread along the Yangtze River to the north and south of the river, attracting countless folk masters to gather in Jingzhou Mansion.

.........

Jinan Fucheng.

Zichen Palace.

"You said there is a dragon in the world?"

Su Hao's eyebrows frowned: "The news is reliable?"

This world has become something he doesn't even recognize, and it's fine that Wusheng's old mother appeared before. After all, she didn't really come into the world, but this dragon appeared alive.

Although there are monster races in this world, flood dragons also only exist in legends. In the records of past dynasties, there is no clear record of the existence of flood dragons, only some python monsters similar to Mr. Hai.

"Master, I saw that there are quite a few people living in Jiaolong, and people from Tianshi Mansion caught fish that drank the blood of Jiaolong, and extracted a trace of Jiaolong's blood from the fish's body."

Ding Zimo cupped his hands and replied.

"What about the traces of the flood dragon?"

Su Hao's eyes narrowed slightly. Since there is a dragon appearing, he has to fight for it. His biggest problem now is not only the lack of enlightenment points, but also the lack of cultivation resources. The blood, flesh, bones and demon pills of the dragon are all excellent. With his current strength, he is fully qualified to take a share of the cultivation resources.

"Nothing has been found yet."

Ding Zimo shook his head and said, "The Yangtze River is too big. If Jiaolong doesn't want to show up, it might be difficult to find him."

"Let people monitor closely, and report immediately as soon as there is news."

Su Hao said with a serious expression, for this dragon, he is determined to win it. If Daming gets it, then Daming can not only cultivate a large number of masters, but also win over a large number of folk masters, and Da Qi will be very uncomfortable.

"Teacher, let's arrange it now."

Ding Zimo answered with cupped hands.

...

After Ding Zimo left, Su Hao got up and came to the corridor, looking in the direction of Huguang. Previous restrictions are crumbling.

After thinking for a while, Su Hao turned his head and looked to the north. The matter in Dezhou City should be completely resolved. Recently, the Ming army has been storming Dezhou City. The massive casualties have already brought down the morale of the Ming army to the bottom.

"All the governors and governors of the Xuanwu Army's governor's mansion entered the palace."

After pondering for a while, Su Hao ordered.

"The slave is going here."

The servant's voice sounded from downstairs.

...

Not long after, Gan Yang, Tian Ming, Peng Guan, Guo Hong and many governors came to Zichen Palace one after another.

"I'm going to personally conquer."

After glancing at Gan Yang and the others, Su Hao said indifferently.

Hearing Su Hao's words, the expressions of Gan Yang and the others suddenly changed. Guo Hong quickly said, "Your Majesty has a body of ten thousand gold, how can you take risks."

Although Su Hao's strength is very strong, now Da Ming regards Su Hao as a thorn in his side. Su Hao was always in Jinan Fucheng, protected by a large army. Da Ming can't do anything to Su Hao. Now that Su Hao wants to conquer by himself, Da Ming will definitely not let him go. take this opportunity.

Once Su Hao has three pros and twos, Da Qi will be in danger. After all, the crown prince is still young, and Su Hao is the backbone of Da Qi. If something happens to Su Hao, then Da Qi will have no leader, and all the generals will compete for power.

"I have my own measure."

Su Hao said indifferently: "Gan Yang, Tian Ming, Peng Guan, you three will lead [-] troops to guard the Jinan Fucheng, and Ding Zimo, the pro-army commander, will lead all the military affairs of the Fucheng."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Hearing Su Hao's order, Gan Yang, Tian Ming, and Peng Guan hurriedly responded with their hands together.

Seeing this, Guo Hong could only keep silent. The whole Daqi was created by Su Hao. No one can stop Su Hao from doing what he wants to do.

At this time, Su Hao went on to say: "The rest of the people will gather troops and go out in five days!"

Although the defense of Jinan Fucheng will be much weaker after he leads the troops, but with Ding Zimo and Zhao Xiaoer around, it is not difficult to defend Jinan Fucheng. After all, Zhao Xiaoer's current strength is not weaker than that of a martial arts master. And Ding Zimo's strength is not far from that of a martial arts master.

"I will obey your orders!"

Guo Hong and the others all bowed their hands in agreement.

Soon, the soldiers and horses in Jinan Fucheng began to be mobilized, and the food and supplies began to be loaded.

.........

Naturally, such a big movement in Jinan Fucheng cannot be concealed from anyone. Only two days later, the news that Su Hao was about to go to the royal conquest was put on the desks of Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu.

"Brother Hong, what do you think?"

There was a strange light in Chen Qiyu's eyes. In the past ten days, they organized three sieges, but each time they were forced to retreat before getting close to the city wall, and many soldiers were killed or injured. It is almost hopeless to capture Dezhou City.

But now that Su Hao left Jinan Fucheng, he saw a slight chance of winning, that is to keep Su Hao here completely, whether it be beheaded or captured, it is enough to bring disaster to Da Qi.

"Now or never!"

Hong Chengchou was categorical, and Chen Qiyu could see that this was a chance to win, so naturally he could also see it.

After a pause, Hong Chengchou continued: "However, Su Hao's strength is very strong. If he wants to keep him, he has to ask the royal family of Xiantian Realm in the capital to do it."

Su Hao is already a strong person at the innate realm of martial arts. If he wants to surround and kill him in the army, he must ensure that he cannot escape. If he wants to be sure enough, he must invite the few innate realms in the capital to fight together. After all, at the Xiantian Realm, if Su Hao wanted to escape wholeheartedly, no ordinary expert would be able to stop him.

"We can also try to ask Jiang Lan from Daming Mansion to make a move together."

Chen Qiyu also said: "Before, he suffered from Su Hao's subordinates. This time, he will definitely not miss such a good opportunity."

"You can write a letter to invite him."

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou also nodded.

Soon, two first-class Jinyiwei Baihu left the Ming army camp, one went to the Daming Mansion, and the other went straight to the capital.

...

In Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youjian held the melody sent by Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu and couldn't hide his joy. Over the years, Su Hao has become his lingering nightmare. Now that he has the opportunity to kill Su Hao, how can he do it? not happy.

"My lord, several priests are already waiting outside the hall."

At this time, Wang Chengen walked in.

"Please."

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian said quickly.

After a while, Wang Chengen brought Li Hongsheng, Yu Xiao, Xia Bing, and Ma Jiyun, four royal priests, into the Qianqing Palace.

"See Your Majesty."

The four of Ma Jiyun bowed and saluted.

Zhu Youjian stretched out his hand to help: "You don't need to be too polite for the priests."

"I wonder what His Majesty called me to come here?"

After straightening up, Li Hongsheng clasped his hands and asked, they had just received the news that there was a Jiaolong in the Jingzhou Mansion, and they wanted to go there together to see if there was a chance for a share of the pie, who knew that before they had time to act, Zhu Youjian So he sent someone to invite him.

"Hong Chengchou and Chen Qiyu have sent news that the false emperor Su Hao has led his army to leave the city of Jinan. I would like to ask some priests to kill this beast to quell the chaos in Shandong."

Zhu Youjian said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)